June 09, 2003

Wisconsin vs. Monkeypox

"The state of Wisconsin has temporarily banned the sale of prairie dogs."

"The child's parents had bought two prairie dogs as a Mother's Day present for the child's mother. Both the mother and father subsequently became ill as well, although all appear to have recovered."

"The monkeypox virus causes symptoms that are very similar to smallpox -- fever, headache, cough and an extremely painful rash of pus-filled sores that spreads across the body."

What? You bought mom Prairie Dogs, a pair of rapidly reproducing, destructively tunneling, disease-infested rodents as a gift? Do you even like your mom?

posted by CheekyMonkey at 09:07 AM

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